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the u.s. has been part of the nato alliance, but is nato still an important safeguard for americans or is it simply a money pit? >> the nato relationship is enormously important to us. i think it was winston churchill said something to the affect that the only worst thing than, than going to war with allies is to go to war without allies. >> we're dealing with network global threats and if we don't provide a network global response we're always gonna to be on the back foot. >> what we need is not just nato on the conventional defense side, we need a nato alliance for economic statecraft. >> the problem is that it is an alliance that is largely sustained by american defense spending. (instrumental music) >> in a democracy, agreement is not essential, but participation is. >> never before in our history have we been so interconnected with the rest of the world. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> t
the u.s. has been part of the nato alliance, but is nato still an important safeguard for americans or is it simply a money pit? >> the nato relationship is enormously important to us. i think it was winston churchill said something to the affect that the only worst thing than, than going to war with allies is to go to war without allies. >> we're dealing with network global threats and if we don't provide a network global response we're always gonna to be on the back foot. >>...
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all countries have the same sanctions this is pretty clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs i mean we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon capabilities and there. are those who really show that it is now. their genetic pinions ok they're not necessarily facts so they were it's not opinion i mean they were pushing the united states to to really address this problem i think can we say all these countries in the region are wrong all these were round of sanctions that done by all five members of. the american there they go on logic and i just cannot just say here you go ahead in granbury mr garrett go ahead before the break go ahead. yeah on this point of the attitudes of. arab people in the in the middle east toward the iranian nuclear pro
all countries have the same sanctions this is pretty clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs i mean we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon...
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so deadly and this is what the occupation did to iraq so one one describes the consequences of the u.s. led occupation one is not justifying saddam's crimes one is pointing out that a country like iraq a great civilization has been brought down to its knees by this direct occupation the brutality of the occupation sort of past saddam's regime the tortures in the prisons of our book raban other secret prisons prisons set of past what saddam's torture chambers that so one is trying to see where iraq has travelled following the fair teen years of sanctions following the the brutal occupation and this is what we are trying to resolve in iowa as well what is the future for iraq having traveled this through this bloody carnage and the united states today it's trying to further destabilize iraq so that it can have a regime in baghdad that only says yes and what washington wants and this is not easy to achieve that is why washington despite iraq occupying iraq still facing enormous opposition within the country even within parties that have cooperated with washington in the past because societ
so deadly and this is what the occupation did to iraq so one one describes the consequences of the u.s. led occupation one is not justifying saddam's crimes one is pointing out that a country like iraq a great civilization has been brought down to its knees by this direct occupation the brutality of the occupation sort of past saddam's regime the tortures in the prisons of our book raban other secret prisons prisons set of past what saddam's torture chambers that so one is trying to see where...
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u.s. soldiers swear at us constantly, saying f.-u, their arrogance sickenes us. they don't care about civilian casualties. they pee all over, right in front of civilians, including females. >> guest: peter, quote what the american soldiers said. >> host: this is what the americans thought of the afghan forces. they are turds. i we're better off without them. i don't trust locals. i would never like to admit that iraqis are smarter but they're einsteins compared to afghans. these guys only seem to care about their own tribes. >> guest: back to the tribes. they're right. so, you see how interesting. this is an american survey conducted in washington. and this gives us an insight into two allies. remember, these or two sets of soldiers who are working together. shoulder-to-shoulder, whose job should be to protect each other, who have nothing but obvious contempt for each could that's alarming. because after a decade, if you're not able to make friends, in the very people who you invested billions of dollars, the americans have spent all this money trying to build up
u.s. soldiers swear at us constantly, saying f.-u, their arrogance sickenes us. they don't care about civilian casualties. they pee all over, right in front of civilians, including females. >> guest: peter, quote what the american soldiers said. >> host: this is what the americans thought of the afghan forces. they are turds. i we're better off without them. i don't trust locals. i would never like to admit that iraqis are smarter but they're einsteins compared to afghans. these...
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. >> u.s. army chief of staff general raymond odierno says the greatest threat facing our nation is the fiscal uncertainty and potential budget cut -- but it sure call. hort falls. he made these remarks at the brookings institution. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone, and on behalf of brookings and our center for 21st century security, we're honored to have the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno, to speak. you are aware of the challenges of the budget process and our future military planning as well as current operations. no one could be more distinguished and a more thoughtful person to discuss these matters than general odierno, who is a friend of brookings and the broader defense community for a long time, and he has been a distinguished servant in our nation's military and defense throughout that time. he took the fourth infantry division to iraq and presided over its operation, directed its operations in the first year of the iraq war. then he returned as the
. >> u.s. army chief of staff general raymond odierno says the greatest threat facing our nation is the fiscal uncertainty and potential budget cut -- but it sure call. hort falls. he made these remarks at the brookings institution. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone, and on behalf of brookings and our center for 21st century security, we're honored to have the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno, to speak. you are aware of the challenges of the budget...
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ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there is the u.s. has unilateral sanctions by around of robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs and we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon capabilities and there. are those are now ok this is always a. good genetic pinions ok they're not necessarily facts so they were it's not opinion i mean they were pushing the united states to and to really address this problem i think can we say all these countries in the region are wrong all these were round of sanctions that done by all five members of. the american there they go magic and i just cannot just go ahead in granbury mr garrett go ahead before the break go ahead. yeah on this point of the attitudes of. arab people in the in the middle east toward the iranian nuclear program i think it's p
ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there is the u.s. has unilateral sanctions by around of robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs and we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon...
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the u.s. economy is a puzzling thing. today it added 157,000 jobs but the unemployment rate kicked up to 7.9%. also today the dow industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time in five years, yet the government reported this week that the economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time since 2009. so as congress agrees to delay a showdown over the debt ceiling and faces a march 1 deadline for across the board spending cuts, what to make of this darned economy, david? >> am i supposed to answer that? it is confusing. the stock market is up. employers are hiring, very slowly. the government now tells us that hey -- they hired a lot more last year than previously believed. auto seafls are up 14% from last year. housing sales are coming back. on the other hand the economy took a pause at the end of last year? unemployment is very high, 7.9%. among men between 25 and 54 one out of six is not working. so i think when you cut through all this what do you see? well, the stock market is going li
the u.s. economy is a puzzling thing. today it added 157,000 jobs but the unemployment rate kicked up to 7.9%. also today the dow industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time in five years, yet the government reported this week that the economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time since 2009. so as congress agrees to delay a showdown over the debt ceiling and faces a march 1 deadline for across the board spending cuts, what to make of this darned...
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how is the analysis different if it is a u.s. citizen who meets the criteria if it is in south carolina rabin and some or else? if you have the same constitutional -- south carolina rather than somewhere else? can you take out an american citizen on american soil? if not, why not? the only thing we get to hang our hat on is the feasibility of some senior level d.o.j. official who decides whether it is feasible or not to capture me. that is of little consolation if you are dead. is there criminal review? >> if the government wants to indict one of its officers for violating a criminal statute, certainly. >> who would do it? that would be the executive branch. we have not had much success getting the executive branch to enforce laws against itself. in the two years i have been here, we are zeroth-3. -- we are 0-3. i am out of time. i would love for the department of justice to come and explain to us with this analysis is equally applicable to american citizens on american soil. the feasibility of capture is of consolation to me if
how is the analysis different if it is a u.s. citizen who meets the criteria if it is in south carolina rabin and some or else? if you have the same constitutional -- south carolina rather than somewhere else? can you take out an american citizen on american soil? if not, why not? the only thing we get to hang our hat on is the feasibility of some senior level d.o.j. official who decides whether it is feasible or not to capture me. that is of little consolation if you are dead. is there...
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fallen soldiers, dead u.s. soldiers, even arriving in their caskets at dover, should those images be shown? >> guest: i would say those images absolutely should be shown. i think what has happened is the reason why a picture of somebody facing death has become so prevalent -- and i argue it appears across the landscape of unsettled difficult events. the reason this picture has arisen is because we have pictures -- we have grown used to pictures of death. our news events involve death. if they involve death of military, death of terror victims can death of people who are dying in tsunamis and earthquakes, why shouldn't we see system we see pictures of nate our fiction, in film, on the internet, yet we're not comfortable about seeing them in the news, and i think that is worth thinking about. >> host: professor, a professor of communication here at the an annenberg school at the university of pennsylvania, published by oxford. "about to die" is the name of the book. this is booktv on c-span2.
fallen soldiers, dead u.s. soldiers, even arriving in their caskets at dover, should those images be shown? >> guest: i would say those images absolutely should be shown. i think what has happened is the reason why a picture of somebody facing death has become so prevalent -- and i argue it appears across the landscape of unsettled difficult events. the reason this picture has arisen is because we have pictures -- we have grown used to pictures of death. our news events involve death. if...
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. >> the u.s. travel association and congressional staff aids concur that with the budget sequester, one hour will be added to security wait at the nation's biggest and busiest airports. and after clearing the security lines, they will probably wait even longer because of cuts in federal aviation staff, meaning a cut-back in air traffic controllers. connecting passengers, beware. >> question. this is four, susan. concentrate on it. what makes this travel torment unlikely to come to pass? >> first of all, it's -- it doesn't have to come to pass. the tsa can cut money where it wants. it's a question of whether, as i said before, the president wants to use this to pressure the republicans by putting as much pain as possible on the public, therefore the public gets upset, but that's only going to work for so long for the public is going to figure out this is a political tactic and it could really back fair on the administration. i think they're keenly aware of that, and that's part of the reason why th
. >> the u.s. travel association and congressional staff aids concur that with the budget sequester, one hour will be added to security wait at the nation's biggest and busiest airports. and after clearing the security lines, they will probably wait even longer because of cuts in federal aviation staff, meaning a cut-back in air traffic controllers. connecting passengers, beware. >> question. this is four, susan. concentrate on it. what makes this travel torment unlikely to come to...
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gender -- u.s. to look at gender on the battlefield -- you have to look at gender on the battlefield. >> it cannot be an attachment for a policy from the top down. it has to be integrated and understood as a men and women's issue. some of our lessons learned from afghanistan and iraq -- a less men are involved in this effort, women become another assignment and detached. >> men have to realize they have a gender, too. women are seen as the gender and the problem. then have the agenda, too. it is equally constrained by biology and culture. that is a fascinating question about how to open up and start the dialogue. that is exactly right. >> i would add one last thought. we are talking about hyper- notions of masculinity. all of our discussions focused on women. we have to step back and think about culture as societies and institutions and how we look at what it means to become a man in society. is the only way through violence or conflict? we are looking at this around the world. please, robert? >> if
gender -- u.s. to look at gender on the battlefield -- you have to look at gender on the battlefield. >> it cannot be an attachment for a policy from the top down. it has to be integrated and understood as a men and women's issue. some of our lessons learned from afghanistan and iraq -- a less men are involved in this effort, women become another assignment and detached. >> men have to realize they have a gender, too. women are seen as the gender and the problem. then have the...
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on them and washington is promising to draw up a new national polygraph policy following allegations u.s. federal agencies are exceeding their legal and ethical limits to determine who can be trusted. in a fortnight or for those who believe that a polygraph is a tool used to incriminate the innocent. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opinions about the nation's lie detector policy too many honest people are too many people who should be passing their tests aren't and i and there's no there's no accountability for that. last year more than seventy three thousand americans were reportedly required to undergo polygraph tests in order to get or keep jobs with the federal government according to an investigation by mcclatchy newspapers a growing number of u.s. agencies are asking employees and applicants intimate questions that extends way beyond the realm of national security probing matters such as sexual conduct financial matters and past personal relation
on them and washington is promising to draw up a new national polygraph policy following allegations u.s. federal agencies are exceeding their legal and ethical limits to determine who can be trusted. in a fortnight or for those who believe that a polygraph is a tool used to incriminate the innocent. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opinions about the nation's...
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so a chance we had to improve the u.s. and iranian relationship was really undermined with that speech, and we've been going over this past ten years and in 2002 you get the iraq war, one of the two american war the united states failed to engage in in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background in foreign policy never paid attention to it, served in washington for two years and was a into a sestak supporter but those that new national security could be a problem when he appointed the secretary of state for domestic reasons the secretary of defense for domestic reasons and appointed a retired marine general to be the national security adviser he lasted a lot a year but leon panetta and i know he's one of your neighbors in california she was captured by the operation mentality of the cia before he'd been in the building more than a month this was a national security team obama also was by the military that's how you got the surge of the forces i think he realizes he had by the military and that
so a chance we had to improve the u.s. and iranian relationship was really undermined with that speech, and we've been going over this past ten years and in 2002 you get the iraq war, one of the two american war the united states failed to engage in in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background in foreign policy never paid attention to it, served in washington for two years and was a into a sestak supporter but those that new national security could be a problem...
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secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists had weapons from libya so the us secretary has basically admitted that the actions of the usa and nato have caused a mass instability that has allowed the seeds of terrorism to grow when the justification for most of the actions in the muslim world is to stop evil dictators who harbor terrorists or spread shining democracy if libya would have been left alone algerian terrorists wouldn't be getting any weapons from it now this is like an exterminator accidentally or maybe on purpose actually feeding the roaches in your basements that there are ten times more of them and then saying that he has to keep working because he's the only one who c
secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists had weapons from libya so the us secretary...
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scale back u.s. involvement scale back the assumption that the u.s. is you know nine one one if you've got any problem. in the world. that we'll be less assertive in doing it. other developed countries. we. don't have the military capacity it's a very much harder calculation in a totally interconnected world transparent world communications that dangers are going to come they're going to come internally. and most of it to six i think the prevailing mood is if you try to help insiders. conduct a revolution against a knock yourself or a terry and incompetent regime you take them you taint them and you taint yourself . so you hope for the best sometimes you provide to mr inch you come in after they've got. some motive come of success so that's my sense of the way the wind is blowing your trajectory of the world so i was thinking thank you very much fewer thoughts in your time thank you for the questions and the time. live. live live. live live. live . no the ceo's i would live. in eternal silence. or implemented invisible. every day is a struggle. for ou
scale back u.s. involvement scale back the assumption that the u.s. is you know nine one one if you've got any problem. in the world. that we'll be less assertive in doing it. other developed countries. we. don't have the military capacity it's a very much harder calculation in a totally interconnected world transparent world communications that dangers are going to come they're going to come internally. and most of it to six i think the prevailing mood is if you try to help insiders. conduct a...
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look at the 60% of the u.s. in drought. last year the hottest year in u.s. history. we have to stop this. we have to arrest it. >> the single biggest reason for the decline of co2 emissions in the united states or the decline in the rate of increase has been the substitution of natural gas and sort of coal. because of fracking, natural gas has become cheap enough that we're replacing coal. in fact, we are now doing better than the european union in terms of meeting targets. i've heard you on the subject and it feels to me like you're still very -- you're on the fence on the issue of fracking. shouldn't you be more fully in favor of it with regulations and with protections because it is almost everywhere replacing coal and that is a big net plus in terms of co2 emissions. >> we have to be careful in measuring the global warming impact of the strategies that we choose. if you look at the latest satellite pictures of north america, there's a new ball of light as large as chicago in rural north dakota. what is that from? it's from the flaring of gas in the fracking opera
look at the 60% of the u.s. in drought. last year the hottest year in u.s. history. we have to stop this. we have to arrest it. >> the single biggest reason for the decline of co2 emissions in the united states or the decline in the rate of increase has been the substitution of natural gas and sort of coal. because of fracking, natural gas has become cheap enough that we're replacing coal. in fact, we are now doing better than the european union in terms of meeting targets. i've heard you...
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nearly half of our country believes the u.s. is weaker than less powerful than five years ago and less than one quarter think that america is stronger. a retired major general, fox news military analyst. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: i don't have to tell you how much i appreciate our troops, they're the greatest and the best. how much will cuts impact readiness. >> and the army cuts the o and m, operation and training budget, some 78% and also means a pay cut for our young men and women, and probably most dangerous, it threatens the contact that the american people have with their soldiers who have gone through what, now, over a decade of very, very painful wars, repeated trips to afghanistan and iraq. great stress on the families and now, these young soldiers are looking at the prospect of being thrown out of the military, without any proper preparation or any proper forethought on the part of the department. now, i've seen this happen three times in my lifetime, jamie, after vietnam, you recall the peace in the '90s carter
nearly half of our country believes the u.s. is weaker than less powerful than five years ago and less than one quarter think that america is stronger. a retired major general, fox news military analyst. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: i don't have to tell you how much i appreciate our troops, they're the greatest and the best. how much will cuts impact readiness. >> and the army cuts the o and m, operation and training budget, some 78% and also means a pay cut for our young...
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. >> fred kaplan talks about how general portrays and his advisers transformed the u.s. military to fight future small wars against insurgents and terrorists. watch him for them for the next hour here on booktv. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for coming out. i write a column called war stories. the word wars in the subtitle of my luck but if you have read any of my things you will know i really don't write about the war. i don't write battle scenes. i am not one of these reporters who just aches to get back into some more theme where i can get shot at. i do admire those who do but it's just not what i do. what i'm interested in doing is policy and ideas and where do these ideas come from? they don't just drop from the sky. they usually do not automatically appeal to everybody as a matter of logic. where did the ideas come from? who were the people and there were a lot of comp eating ideas. how did this particular set of ideas get transferred? was there resistance? how was the resistance overcome? it usually isn't just one person. it's a community of people. ho
. >> fred kaplan talks about how general portrays and his advisers transformed the u.s. military to fight future small wars against insurgents and terrorists. watch him for them for the next hour here on booktv. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for coming out. i write a column called war stories. the word wars in the subtitle of my luck but if you have read any of my things you will know i really don't write about the war. i don't write battle scenes. i am not one of these...
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is the u.s. willing to get more robustly involved allowing us to -- decide to walk up to the red line and is confident that we want to anything? >> that may be true. if the president of the united states determined that as a matter of national interest, to overturn the regime is what we needed to do, then he would sit down and craft a sensible military strategy to achieve that end. he would calibrate his ends with his means. i argue that is not a vital national interest, given the complications and consequences. a policy that would mandate a degree of responsibility that i do not think we can afford right now. with all due respect, i do believe there is some correlation between military ventures abroad that do not turn out right, and the nature of our own broken house. which is fundamentally broken. all i am suggesting, and i do not -- i do not know whether josh intended this, i do not believe that the arab and muslim peoples are incapable of democracy. it took us 150 years to reconcile the promi
is the u.s. willing to get more robustly involved allowing us to -- decide to walk up to the red line and is confident that we want to anything? >> that may be true. if the president of the united states determined that as a matter of national interest, to overturn the regime is what we needed to do, then he would sit down and craft a sensible military strategy to achieve that end. he would calibrate his ends with his means. i argue that is not a vital national interest, given the...
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yes i think in trying to specify what the u.s. led occupation did in iraq and how it destroyed iraq one is not trying to say that saddam's regime was a bed of roses. or dictatorship it was a dictatorship that killed many thousands of people it waged then i get a war of aggression against iran et cetera et cetera but the people most people in iraq who are not say politically active directly against the regime at least let me normal life there was electricity there was food distribution children went to the school without being kidnapped people's daily lives were not so deadly and this is what the occupation did to iraq so one one describes the consequences of the u.s. led occupation one is not justifying saddam's crimes one is pointing out that a country like iraq a great civilization has been brought down to its knees by this direct occupation the brutality of the occupation sort of past saddam's regime the tortures in the prisons of our book rayburn of a secret prison prisons sort of past what saddam's torture chambers that so on
yes i think in trying to specify what the u.s. led occupation did in iraq and how it destroyed iraq one is not trying to say that saddam's regime was a bed of roses. or dictatorship it was a dictatorship that killed many thousands of people it waged then i get a war of aggression against iran et cetera et cetera but the people most people in iraq who are not say politically active directly against the regime at least let me normal life there was electricity there was food distribution children...
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by u.s. family from the same or footage as dimitri jacoba who died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car yacob lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens well critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. in the somali right there and another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today still to come here on the program a report on where chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. when a welfare is unfair u.k. unemployment benefits lead to a generation is giving up on going to work because it's simply more lucrative to take government handouts and much more after the break. to use our life. into no silence. invisible to everyone. every d
by u.s. family from the same or footage as dimitri jacoba who died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car yacob lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens well critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. in the somali right...
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a rocket carrying u.s. communications equipment has crashed into the pacific seconds after launch the company responsible for the launch says an investigation is currently underway to figure out the cause of the failure or piskun up as the details. the zenith rocket with the u.s. communications satellite on board blasted off from the odyssey floating platform but to went off course almost immediately and its engines were switched off and a detached into the pacific somewhere along the equator less than a minute after takeoff now on the equator the earth's rotation speed provides an additional booster rockets so they could carry more weight and when it comes to launching from floating platforms besides looking awesome there are advantages and disadvantages like there's a minimal risk of rockets falling down on inhabited areas but waves could be a problem in fact there's speculation that that could have been the case this star is a collaboration between russia in their gear and to us buoying companies they've
a rocket carrying u.s. communications equipment has crashed into the pacific seconds after launch the company responsible for the launch says an investigation is currently underway to figure out the cause of the failure or piskun up as the details. the zenith rocket with the u.s. communications satellite on board blasted off from the odyssey floating platform but to went off course almost immediately and its engines were switched off and a detached into the pacific somewhere along the equator...
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if you thought the u.s. was susceptible to cyber attacks before get ready for this a new intelligence assessment by the government is beginning to reveal the magnitude of cyber attacks and the countries who are responsible for them the report indicates that sustained hacks are a threat to both national as well as economic competitiveness national security interest that is in the past the defense industry has worried about government agencies being targeted however it's private companies and financial institutions that are increasingly at risk representative mike rogers one of the men behind the defunct cyber legislation known as cispa notes that ninety five percent of all private sector networks are vulnerable to these hits many have already experienced an attack but are reluctant to step forward to authorities to actually report them in fact some estimates put the value of information stolen around four hundred billion dollars per year now on the other hand privacy advocates worry this new focus on cyber pr
if you thought the u.s. was susceptible to cyber attacks before get ready for this a new intelligence assessment by the government is beginning to reveal the magnitude of cyber attacks and the countries who are responsible for them the report indicates that sustained hacks are a threat to both national as well as economic competitiveness national security interest that is in the past the defense industry has worried about government agencies being targeted however it's private companies and...
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the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it probably did cover the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that still do iran's biggest buyer now biggest buyers now are china india and japan and these countries are oil thirsty especially china so china imports of uranium oil india's imports of iranian crude were up thirty percent according to ta
the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it probably did cover the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place...
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enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm doing by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us from relationships that's going to that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure about chile i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share common values in terms of our legal systems of language the way that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we have this special relationship to winston churchill first quarter the friends we see lots of arguments between also on those you state clearly there was a huge to. agreed in the way that the british public did not want to get involved in afghanistan we also had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've heard president obama suggest
enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm doing by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us from relationships that's going to that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure about chile i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share...
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the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own extinction by letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that still do iran's biggest buyer now biggest buyers now are china india and japan and these countries are oil thirsty especially china so china imports of uranium oi
the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own extinction by letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place...
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blockade to the u.s. military stands accused of violating washington is oil embargo i gave iran while to run revels in record export revenues. to people like you old and several injured by a suicide bomber who detonated his device at the entrance to the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara. and to the british government pulls the welcome mat as fears grow of a florida we'll play an immigrant's spy did plugging the u.k. as the world's best destination. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. . fires and clashes have erupted in the egyptian capital cairo as angry mobs attacked the president palace with petrol bombs thousands of protesters are marching across the country demanding that president morsi stand down from a poem. is in cairo forty. we've got your ma sixteen's here in the capital as clashes have started by the presidential contest as you can see behind me reportedly bought the most groups threw molotov cocktails over the gates of the presidential building the security forces a
blockade to the u.s. military stands accused of violating washington is oil embargo i gave iran while to run revels in record export revenues. to people like you old and several injured by a suicide bomber who detonated his device at the entrance to the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara. and to the british government pulls the welcome mat as fears grow of a florida we'll play an immigrant's spy did plugging the u.k. as the world's best destination. twenty four hours a day seven days a...
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u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and to agree to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to extraordinary rendition victims this report is ripe with human rights abuses and it's clear that high ranking bush administration officials bear responsibility for authorizing human rights violations and yet no one was prosecuted because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices any accusation would be dismissed on state secrets grounds. u.s. journalist and historian douglas valentine says washington's anti terror measures are overzealously taking advantage of public
u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and to agree to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to...
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a u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car you have good lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens but critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of. news programs and documentarie
a u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car you have good lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens but critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. another of obama's...
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the new u.s. defense chief sponsor raul on capitol hill with some republicans worry chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing that eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on a snowy road the russian capital of course anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. it to me reaches an economic and political dead end as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with the population of massively rejecting austerity policies. welcome to all to you live from moscow it's midday in the russian capital. capitol hill's been shaken by a major bipartisan clash over the need to fend secretary chuck hagel was an hourly approved by the senate after coming under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war on the jewish lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job is gone she can repo
the new u.s. defense chief sponsor raul on capitol hill with some republicans worry chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing that eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on a snowy road the russian capital of course anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. it to me reaches an economic and political dead end as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with...
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not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs i mean we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon capabilities and there. are those who really show that it is now ok this is always here on is not going to get opinions ok they're not necessarily facts so they were it's not opinion i mean they were pushing the united states to to really address this problem i think can we say all these countries in the region are wrong all these were round of sanctions that done by all five members of. the american there they go on logic and i just cannot just go ahead in granbury mr garrett go ahead before the break go ahead. yeah on this point of the attitudes of. arab people in the in the middle east toward the
not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point is that i was talking about the weaker legs i mean we saw that regional countries except syria. except syria regional countries they expressed their concerns about iran's hegemony and visions in the region they expressed their concerns about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapon...
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a u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car you have good lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens but critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. right now another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief for he faces his latest battle today coming up a report on chuck hagel. being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan stuff. so i just after ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital britain's unemployment benefits aim to provide a safety net for anyone between jobs looking for the next career opportunity for some the payouts are so attractive getting out of bed to go to work doesn't seem quite worth it. reports i couldn't r
a u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car you have good lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens but critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. right now another...
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a leaking blockade to the u.s. military stands accused of violating washington's all embargo i gave iran while to run revels in record export revenues. to people like you old and several injured by a suicide bomber who detonated his device at the entrance to the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara. and the british government pulls the welcome mat as fears grow of a florida we'll play an immigrant's spited plugging the u.k. as the world's best destination. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. . fires and clashes have erupted in the egyptian capital cairo as angry mobs attacked the president palace with petrol bombs thousands of protesters are marching across the country demanding that president morsi stand down from poem. is in cairo forty. we've got term a six scenes here in the capital as clashes have started by the president obama says you can see behind me reportedly bought the most groups threw molotov cocktails over the gates of the presidential building the security forces are right n
a leaking blockade to the u.s. military stands accused of violating washington's all embargo i gave iran while to run revels in record export revenues. to people like you old and several injured by a suicide bomber who detonated his device at the entrance to the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara. and the british government pulls the welcome mat as fears grow of a florida we'll play an immigrant's spited plugging the u.k. as the world's best destination. twenty four hours a day seven...
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u.s. secretary of state john kerry promising. to change iran's nuclear talks the easing of sanctions. apparently the main deal on the table. well it's a pleasure to have you with us here on our. worldwide news live from moscow. now the election that was meant to dig. out of a crisis. political deadlock to economic distress. coalition has managed to secure a clear majority in either house of parliament or the country now stuck between options on the left and the right there's also a major new force emerging with a party led by a former comedian winning a quarter of all. it's. back with a vengeance just a shift. a man of political experts have a political corpse just a couple of months ago from. actually seems to be holding a really good. seats in the senate but again he is tied with. number one position in the senate now if we look at the lower house however parliament does seem like the majority. there but you have to understand that this is not because so many people have voted for him it
u.s. secretary of state john kerry promising. to change iran's nuclear talks the easing of sanctions. apparently the main deal on the table. well it's a pleasure to have you with us here on our. worldwide news live from moscow. now the election that was meant to dig. out of a crisis. political deadlock to economic distress. coalition has managed to secure a clear majority in either house of parliament or the country now stuck between options on the left and the right there's also a major new...
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a u.s. and geo claims more than fifty countries were involved in america's notorious extraordinary rendition program some going as far as hosting cia black sites for enhanced interrogation of terror suspects r.t. asked why so many governments got involved in what activists call state sponsored kidnapping and even torture. and president ahmadinejad flies into egypt in what is the first trip of its kind by an iranian leader in thirty years the visit is seen as an attempt to improve ties between the two regional heavyweights amid rising tensions with israel. top news and commentary live from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us now the french military assisted by local militia has taken the city of the last major city stronghold controlled by islamists meanwhile the warplanes have continued striking of the remaining militant hideouts in the far north of the country the french foreign minister has hinted that the operation may be over as early as march but while the advance has been swif
a u.s. and geo claims more than fifty countries were involved in america's notorious extraordinary rendition program some going as far as hosting cia black sites for enhanced interrogation of terror suspects r.t. asked why so many governments got involved in what activists call state sponsored kidnapping and even torture. and president ahmadinejad flies into egypt in what is the first trip of its kind by an iranian leader in thirty years the visit is seen as an attempt to improve ties between...
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while the u.s. remains reluctant to on the syrian rebels washington has been providing the opposition with key political and non-lethal support for the author and historian gerald on that is the rebels will not enter talks with damascus as long as they enjoy such foreign backing in the united states the washington administration believes that mr all a saw is one his way out it reminds me of the last stages of the conflict in libya in two thousand and eleven when the opposition refused to negotiate with mr gadhafi because they thought he was on his way out as washington and the saudis see it they'll be able to remove mr al assad from power forcible everyone knows that the locomotive behind the opposition is al nusra front which in gauges and terrorist tactics and has no need or no desire for elections since they plan to shoot their way into power obviously washington is rather complacent about the participation in the syrian conflict al bruce rule from so-called al qaida in iraq and their terrorist m
while the u.s. remains reluctant to on the syrian rebels washington has been providing the opposition with key political and non-lethal support for the author and historian gerald on that is the rebels will not enter talks with damascus as long as they enjoy such foreign backing in the united states the washington administration believes that mr all a saw is one his way out it reminds me of the last stages of the conflict in libya in two thousand and eleven when the opposition refused to...
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now u.s. army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings manning faces a number of charges for allegedly hundred classified days or to the we can leaks website the most serious is aiding the enemy which could land him behind bars for life so mass rallies have been held in over seventy cities seventy cities across the walls to maga thousand days of his detention and attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. judge did recognize in the motion this moves for the solitary confinement that manning was treated improperly and did take a one hundred days off work of his whatever sentence of any he ends up with so the judge doesn't recognize the government did by the law and went to bars that's a positive it is and i hope that the judge will recognize that delaying this trial where they have is enough reason to dismiss the case that certain point all of the government's outages add up and the outrage is government conduct me recognizing the
now u.s. army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings manning faces a number of charges for allegedly hundred classified days or to the we can leaks website the most serious is aiding the enemy which could land him behind bars for life so mass rallies have been held in over seventy cities seventy cities across the walls to maga thousand days of his detention and attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. judge did recognize in the...
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after releasing thousands of classified u.s. diplomatic cables and footage of american pilots ruthlessly killing journalists in iraq while back in two thousand and eleven accused washington of meddling with only fares and expelled the u.s. ambassador after citing a wiki leaks cable as a proof of the country's police have been infiltrated after saans lost his last legal battle against the tradition to sweden it did not came as a surprise. to apply for asylum and that is why in this election one of ruffo korea's strongest supporters he's an australian whistleblower seething with a london embassy. a scandal has erupted in israel after the country's government was forced to acknowledge that the death of a prisoner linked to israel's a secret service it mission fall is a report in australian media which revealed a melbourne man and himself in prison in twenty ten the man was reportedly held in such secrecy not even through prison guards knew his name as reported that the so-called prison x. was involved in israeli espionage in neighb
after releasing thousands of classified u.s. diplomatic cables and footage of american pilots ruthlessly killing journalists in iraq while back in two thousand and eleven accused washington of meddling with only fares and expelled the u.s. ambassador after citing a wiki leaks cable as a proof of the country's police have been infiltrated after saans lost his last legal battle against the tradition to sweden it did not came as a surprise. to apply for asylum and that is why in this election one...
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chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own sello republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart out voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears that the country's political crisis will negatively impact the eurozone. and how's this for a minor traffic offense the shocking video posted by a russian couple of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous beats. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and use the now way it's good to have you with us our top story this hour chuck hagel has been narrowly approved by the u.s. senate as the new defense secretary but he came under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iran nature can now on the clash on capitol hill. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narr
chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own sello republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart out voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears that the country's political crisis will negatively impact the eurozone. and how's this for a minor traffic offense the shocking video posted by a russian couple of their eight year old daughter driving and...